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Spatial planning and the Environment

Icaro Obeso Muñiz — 2024-01-05

Ocupación territorial en la precordillera andina: ¿futura conurbación en comunas del sector nororiente de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile? / Territorial occupation in the Andean pre-mountain range: future conurbation in communes of the northeastern sector of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile?

Alejandro Vallina Rodríguez — 2023-12-05

The connectivity between councils in the northeastern area of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, has been favored by the existence of an intercommunal road called Paseo Pie Andino. Located in the pre-Andean area, it crosses a natural space declared as an Ecological Preservation Area, which has delimited the progress of urban growth in this regional area. This road gives functional continuity to the urban areas of Colina and Lo Barnechea, favoring real estate development in its surroundings, under a territorial model outside official planning. The normative, descriptive and field analysis allows studying the role of planning in occupation processes linked to the improvement of connectivity between two areas that, with functional links, present regulatory restrictions and difficulties for the conurbation process in an area under official protection.

Exploring the sustainable contrast between age friendly public areas in Mediterranean cities

Fatiha Kouidmi Delaa — 2024-03-06

This article aims to evaluate a site's capacity to meet the needs of the elderly in urban planning and is intended to aid urban planners in the use of urban space.

The general objective of the study is to identify the specific needs of the elderly in two samples in two countries, Egypt and Spain, and develop an accessibility plan to cater to their needs. Furthermore, the study aims to promote sustainable development goals of ensuring healthy lives and well-being for all ages and making cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

The research was based on analysis of existing literature and archival materials, as well as in situ, through observation and photographic documentation, during the investigation in Spain and Egypt. The study employed a comparative methodology to compare public spaces in two areas of two countries, Egypt and Spain. The research method consisted of two main steps: selecting the study areas, collecting and analysing data, and identifying the main features and characteristics of the public spaces in the study areas. The study areas selected for the research are Sheikh Zayed in Egypt and Castelló in Spain.

The results showed that both samples have good urban planning and offer better access to public spaces. However, the social results in Castelló were higher than in Sheikh Zayed, as the number of the elderly in Sheikh Zayed is relatively small compared to Castelló. Overall, the study emphasises the need to ensure designs that are mindful of the elderly physical environment to ensure their safety and fulfilment of the SDGs.

Extractivismo, narrativas del desarrollo y el mito del “efecto-derrame”: el caso de la minería del litio en Argentina / Extractivism, development narratives and the myth of the “trickle-down efect”: the case of lithium mining in Argentina

Sebastián Gómez Lende — 2024-03-18

Extractivism, development narratives and the myth of the “trickle-down efect”: the case of lithium mining in Argentina. -Lithium is currently considered as a key metal to ensure the post-fossil energetic transition, electromobility, and the “green” economy. In the state’s and capital’s narrative, its exploitation appears as a new ElDorado, capable of promoting the enrichment of the public treasury and conquering the national, regional and local development. On the basis of official statistics and reports, scholar bibliography, corporative reports and journalistic information, this paper contrast the hegemonic discourse (the myth) and the objective material conditions (the reality) of the lithium mining in Argentina (i.e. the fourth major producer and exporter of such mineral) by using five categories of analysis: the speeches of the domestic political elites; the exports dynamics of the sector; the tax policy and collection; the policies of Corporate Social Responsability; and the access of the local communities to the basic services. The findings refute the imaginary “trickle down-effect” spread by the hegemonic discourse, demonstrating that the export boom of such activity results in meager contributions to the treasury, tax evasion tactics, and persistent infrastructural deficits.

Un proyecto empresarial integrado para el desarrollo rural de Asturias

Rural Ecolab y Madre Asturias — 2023-12-05